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Orange County Indexed

Will of Lodowick Clapp

Will Book A, page 203 · dated 25 July 1768 · proved February 1778

Lodowick Clapp mentioned his unnamed wife and unnamed children, named son John, and appointed his wife executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Lodowick Clapp (printed LODOWICK CLAPP)
Dated
25 July 1768
Proved
February 1778 court
In the court minutes
Family named
John (son)
Witnesses
John Graves; Lodowick (x) Swing; George Cortner

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

  • Orange County Will Book A, page 203.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
  • Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
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